implemented proper refcounting using atomic operations

src/charon/config/connections/connection.c

@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ struct private_connection_t {
 	/**
 	 * Number of references hold by others to this connection
 	 */
-	u_int refcount;
+	refcount_t refcount;
 
 	/**
 	 * Name of the connection
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ static u_int32_t get_hard_lifetime(private_connection_t *this)
  */
 static void get_ref(private_connection_t *this)
 {
-	this->refcount++;
+	ref_get(&this->refcount);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ static void get_ref(private_connection_t *this)
  */
 static void destroy(private_connection_t *this)
 {
-	if (--this->refcount == 0)
+	if (ref_put(&this->refcount))
 	{
 		proposal_t *proposal;
 		

src/charon/config/connections/connection.h

@@ -259,6 +259,9 @@ struct connection_t {
 	 *
 	 * Get a new reference to this connection by increasing
 	 * it's internal reference counter.
+	 * Do not call get_ref or any other function until you
+	 * already have a reference. Otherwise the object may get
+	 * destroyed while calling get_ref(),
 	 *
 	 * @param this		calling object
 	 */

src/charon/config/policies/policy.c

@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ struct private_policy_t {
 	/**
 	 * Number of references hold by others to this policy
 	 */
-	u_int refcount;
+	refcount_t refcount;
 	
 	/**
 	 * Name of the policy, used to query it
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ static u_int32_t get_hard_lifetime(private_policy_t *this)
  */
 static void get_ref(private_policy_t *this)
 {
-	this->refcount++;
+	ref_get(&this->refcount);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ static void get_ref(private_policy_t *this)
  */
 static void destroy(private_policy_t *this)
 {
-	if (--this->refcount == 0)
+	if (ref_put(&this->refcount))
 	{
 		proposal_t *proposal;
 		traffic_selector_t *traffic_selector;

src/charon/config/policies/policy.h

@@ -227,6 +227,9 @@ struct policy_t {
 	 *
 	 * Get a new reference to this policy by increasing
 	 * it's internal reference counter.
+	 * Do not call get_ref or any other function until you
+	 * already have a reference. Otherwise the object may get
+	 * destroyed while calling get_ref(),
 	 * 
 	 * @param this				calling object
 	 */

src/charon/daemon.c

@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 #include <execinfo.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <getopt.h>
+#include <errno.h>
 
 #include "daemon.h" 
 

src/charon/doc/Todo-list.txt

@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@
 + proper delete messages
 - notifys on connection setup failure
 + create child sa message/rekeying
+/ IKE_SA rekeying
+  - handle all simultaneous rekeying/delete/create cases
 
 - implement a mechanism against thread exhaustion
   when a blocked IKE_SA receives a lot of messages